Couple washed 700,000 used stamps to sell as new on eBay in £250,000 fraud

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Couple funded lavish lifestyle by washing 700,000 used stamps to sell as new on Amazon and eBay in £250,000 fraud

A MAN has been jailed for washing 700,000 used stamps and selling them on as new as part of a £250,000 scam.

An investigation started in February 2015, when a large number of envelopes were rejected in a Glasgow sorting office. According to Mr Close, stamps and stamp related products were found “all over the address” alongside towels to dry them. Mr Close said Mr Rought, a former dental technician, had been a part of the fraud for two and a half years and “was involved in washing off the franking marks.”Paul Harrison’s actions cost the Royal Mail £421,000.

 

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